Poster of Tosca

Tosca

Plot: This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations and at the precise times of day as Puccini had written into his score. The action opens in Rome's beautiful 16th-century church of Sant Andrea della Valle, where Cavaradossi (Plácido Domingo) is innocently painting, moves to the Farnese Palace where Tosca (Catherine Malfitano) dramatically stabs the lustful Scarpia (Ruggero Raimondi), and finally to the battlements of the Castle Sant Angelo at dawn the following day where Cavaradossi is cruelly killed, and Tosca takes her own life
Release Date: Friday, July 4 1986
38 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Catherine MalfitanoCatherine MalfitanoCatherine Malfitano was 38 in Tosca as 'Tosca'.
Birthday: Sun, Apr 18 1948
Portrait of Plácido DomingoPlácido DomingoPlácido Domingo was 45 in Tosca as 'Mario Cavaradossi'.
Birthday: Tue, Jan 21 1941
Portrait of Ruggero RaimondiRuggero RaimondiRuggero Raimondi was 44 in Tosca as 'Scarpia'.
Birthday: Fri, Oct 03 1941
Portrait of Zubin MehtaZubin MehtaZubin Mehta was 50 in Tosca as 'Conductor'.
Birthday: Wed, Apr 29 1936

Crew

Portrait of Giuseppe Patroni GriffiGiuseppe Patroni GriffiGiuseppe Patroni Griffi was 65 in Tosca as 'Director'
Birthday: Sun, Feb 27 1921 –
Thu, Dec 15 2005
Portrait of Giuseppe GiacosaGiuseppe GiacosaGiuseppe Giacosa would have been no older than 58 in Tosca as 'Writer'
Birthday: Thu, Oct 21 1847 –
Sun, Sep 02 1906
Portrait of Luigi IllicaLuigi IllicaLuigi Illica would have been no older than 62 in Tosca as 'Writer'
Birthday: Sat, May 09 1857 –
Tue, Dec 16 1919